'ere, adv.
(ɪə(r))
Also ere.
Non-standard var. of here adv.
| 1837 [see water-cart b]. 1862 R. H. Newell Orpheus C. Kerr Papers 1st Ser. 231 One of the fellers on the middle seat..when he spied them butes, he winked to me, and sung out: ‘Gheewhillikins! who owns these ere big trotters?’ 1886 Baumann Londinismen 49/2 This 'ere chum o' mine. 1898 G. B. Shaw Candida ii. 114 Ow long ave you known my son-in-law James ere? 1955 ‘Miss Read’ Village School x. 85 This 'ere 'eathen-jelly..took his tracts and that round to the building site. 1976 Daily Mirror 17 Mar. 24/4 'Ere Wellington..a couple of weeks ago you were pluggin' St. David. |